Marking tag



Aug 14, 1928. 1,680,459

W. N. HEMPHILL MARKING ,TAG

Filed Nov. 16, 1925 fflvenior Patented Aug. 14, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM N. HEMPHILL, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASQIGNOR TO THE '1. EATON CO. LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

MARKING TAG.

Application filed November 16, 1925. Serial No. 69,410.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a ticket for attachment to ready-towear garments which cannot be removed and replaced on the article without showing distinctly and without question that it has been so removed.

A further object is to provide a tag which will contain complete information about the article or garment.

The principal feature of the inventlon consists in having the upper end ,of the tag provided with a double return bend, the extremity thereof having a fastening pin adapted to pass through a slot in the adjacent folded portion and to be turned thereunder, the overturned ends being covered by the front of the tag which is secured by a fastening eyelet passing through the several folds.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the tag applied to a garment.

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a tag shown ready to be attached to a garment.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view showing the tag attached to a garment.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the manner of fastening the tag.

The construction of the tag consists of a strip of paper or cardboard 1:, one end of which is folded over at 2 and the folded over portion 3 is folded back in a return bend at 4 and the folded back portion 5 is the same length as the portion 3.

The portion 3 has a slot 6 cut therein close to the fold 2 and a fastening "staple or pin 7 is secured to the free end ofthe tag 5 and the points thereof are adapted to extend through the slot 6 when the tabs are folded together.

Punch holes 8 are formed in the main ticket 1 and the tabs 3 and 5 which are adapted to register when the tabs are closed tightly against the main ticket, and an eyelet 9 is inserted through these holes in order to fasten the tabs on the main ticket securely together in their folded position. The openings 8 are spaced from the fastener member 7 a distance less than the length of the prong extensions, whereby the spreading of the doubled back and folded portions sufiiciently 1y the return of the to permit release of the prong extensions from therebetween is prevented.

The ticket is printed with a notice to out along the fold 2 and it has also a notice thereon that the garment will not be exchanged if the tag is removed or out.

In addition the tag contains all the desired information in regard to style, size, price etc., all of which is contained upon the one ticket, easily readable by the sales clerk or the purchaser.

In applying the tag the edge of the cult or hem of a garment is inserted between the tabs 3 and 5 and the fastening pins passed through the fabric and through the slot 6 and are then spread apart under the back of the tab 3. The outer tab 1 thus covers the outwardly turned end of the pins and when the eyelet 9 is passed through the tag and the folded tabs, the spread apart ends of the fastening pin 7 cannot be reached without cutting the ticket along the bend 2. When this is done the top end of the ticket may be bent outwardly to release the fastening pin.

When the tag is so removed it cannot be replaced upon the garment without clearly in dicating that it has been removed, consequentgarment under misrep resentation after it has been used is absolutely prevented.

What I claim as my invention is:-'

A marking'tag, comprising a narrow strip of material having one end folded over and doubled back, a fastening member secured in the extremity of the doubled back portion having prong extensions adapted to pass through the article to be marked and through the first fold close to the fold crease, the folded, doubled back and body portions of the tag having openings punched therein adapted to register at a point spaced from said fastener member a distance less than the length of the prong extensions thereof to receive a permanent fastener whereby the spreading of the doubled back and folded portions suflicient to permit release of the prong extensions from therebetween is .pre-

vented.

WILLIAM N. HEMPHILL. 

